The footbridge over Hemel Hempstead's St Albans Road is high and there have been complaints from residents for a number of years that the elderly and those with mobility problems find the bridge difficult to use.
Several residents have asked County Councillor Ron Tindall to look at making the crossing of St Ablans Road safer and easier for people who can't easily manage to climb the footbridge over the road.
In another slack week before the nationwide Police & Crime Commissioner elections, there were only three by-elections, two in Cornwall and one in Somerset. One was a Liberal Democrat hold and one was a Conservative hold, but the third was a Liberal Democrat gain from the Conservatives.
"David Cameron, George Osborne and Sajid Javid are free-market extremists," says Liberal Democrat County Councillor, Nick Hollinghurst.
Recent works have taken place at the Withey Beds - our local nature reserve. The work has been done by the Environment Agency and Watford Piscators and is designed to restore existing features and create new ones. The natural flow of the rivers has been protected and shallow areas provided for spawning. There is a fry nursery, flood refuge area and a nursery area for juvenile amphibians and invertebrates. The shallow margins ensure the water warms up quickly, providing conditions for fish to survive and grow. The final phase will include 2 new interpretation boards and a pasture pump so grazing cattle can draw water from the river when they need a drink. The annual guided tour is on Sunday 15th May, meet at the Batchworth Lock Centre at 2.00pm. Find out more at http://www.thewitheybeds.org.uk/ ……………………………………………………… Welly Walk at the Aquadrome on 12th April, 10.00am -12.00pm .meet by the Café and explore and see birds, mini beasts and early flowering plants with the Park Ranger. …………………………………………
Tring and Berkhamsted are two important stations served by the suburban services currently run by London Midland. The rail services are now attracting more and more commuters coming not only from those two towns but also from the surrounding countryside as much as 20 miles away. Many commuters are now reaching the stations by car and there are consequently serious capacity problems. The car parks are full by 0930 most days and latecomers are parking in surrounding residential areas, on roads and in the nearby lanes.
Liberal Democrat County Councillor for Tring, Nick Hollinghurst, has recently been finding his way round his new responsibilities as Opposition Spokesman on Community Safety, Waste Management, Strategic Planning, Transport and the Environment - a broad spread indeed of committees to try to keep track of! But last month it took him somewhat off course and into the world of property management.
As one of the main requirements for the letting of the next 9-year Northern Rail franchise to run rail services in the north of England, the successful bidder Arriva has placed an order for 98 new train sets. These are to replace the unloved and inadequate Pacer trains currently operating across much of the network. The £490 million deal is being financed by Eversholt Rail.
Chiltern Railways' new rail link between Oxford and London Marylebone was launched in October 2015 based on their new Oxford Parkway Station near Kidlington. The trains ran on a twice-hourly service through Bicester Town and along a new stretch of track to connect with the mainline and run through High Wycombe into London,
A long time in the planning, but the Dunstable Northern By Pass - perhaps better described as the A5 to M1 Link - is now well under way.
Last week in County Hall in Hertford the HCC Liberal Democrat Group tabled a motion at the council meeting calling for an all-party review of Hertfordshire's failing highways service. They were supported by the Labour Group
HS2 is holding a local event for anyone who wants to know more about the project and what it means for the local area. You can talk to experts, see maps and plans, ask questions. It is at Denham Village Memorial Hall, Village Rd, Denham, between 11.00am and 4.00pm on Saturday 16th April.
